Tag: Paddy Crop

Bolangir/Boudh: Farmers in several parts of the State have been in distress following widespread crop loss due to unseasonal rainfall triggered by cyclonic storm Phethai. The unseasonal rains have not only caused damage to standing crops in several regions of the state but also destroyed harvested crops stashed on open fields. As the year-long efforts […]

Bhubaneswar: Buoyed by the bumper paddy crop in Kharif and Rabi seasons, the State government has targeted to procure a record quantity of paddy from farmers this year. Food Supplies secretary Pradipta Mohapatra informed this after a meeting with Paddy Procurement Committee here today. Briefing media persons, Mohapatra said Rabi paddy would be procured from […]

Keonjhar: Hundreds of acres of paddy crops in several villages were filled with sand and mud after a breach in the right canal of Kanajhari dam in the sadar block area of the district here today leaving farmers in the area distraught. According to reports, a portion of the right canal road was breached at […]